International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages e22-e27 , January 2010

Clinical outcomes of HIV-infected patients hospitalized with bacterial community-acquired pneumonia

  • Maricar Malinis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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  • John Myers

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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  • Jose Bordon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Providence Hospital, 1150 Varnum Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 202 269 7747; fax: +1 202 269 7892.
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  • Paula Peyrani

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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  • Rama Kapoor

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
    • ,
  • Raul Nakamatzu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
    • ,
  • Gustavo Lopardo

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Benardo Houssay, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Antoni Torres

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clinic IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Charles Feldman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Johannesburg Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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  • M. Allen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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  • F. Arnold

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
    • ,
  • Julio Ramirez

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA

Received 4 November 2008 ,Revised 10 February 2009 ,Accepted 1 March 2009.

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PII: S1201-9712(09)00135-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.001

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages e22-e27 , January 2010

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